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COM. ex rel. McCANT v. RUNDLE

418 Pa. 394 (1965)

Commonwealth ex rel. McCant, Appellant, v. Rundle.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph McCant, appellant, in propria persona.

Gordon Gelfond and Joseph M. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, June 30, 1965:

Joseph McCant, on a plea of guilty to a murder indictment, was convicted of murder in the first degree and a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. He has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus averring he was denied due process in that he had no counsel at the preliminary hearing, that he did not have effective representation at his trial and that his plea of guilty was coerced. None of these reasons has merit...

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